The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 977 Guilty

"Be good, Essie. Let me carry you. Don't cry," Sonya comforted patiently. Unexpectedly, the more Sonya consoled Estella, the harder Estella cried. Estella was crying so hard that she could barely catch her breath.

Upon noticing that things had gotten out of hand, Sonya reluctantly passed Estella to Lucian. Estella's wails soon grew weaker again and gradually turned into whimpers after she got into Lucian's embrace. The moment Lucian noticed how aggrieved Estella looked, he knew exactly what had happened. I wonder what ruthless things my mother did in order to bring Essie out of Roxanne's house. "You've spoiled her." Sonya was dissatisfied. "Don't you remember how heartless that woman was back then? Why do you still want Essie to get near her? I told you countless times to stay away from her! Why wouldn't you listen? Are you happy now? Essie doesn't even want to return to her own home anymore!"

Estella didn't know what Sonya meant, but she could feel that Sonya was badmouthing Roxanne to Lucian.

Knowing that, Estella tugged at Lucian's shirt and whined, "I want Ms. Jarvis..."

"Why would you want her? She

Sonya could finish her sentence, Lucian interrupted, “Catalina,

toward Lucian and reached

Catalina didn't know if Estella would

sick of Sonya's complaints. When she saw Catalina reaching out to her, she immediately

feeling helpless and heartbroken when she felt Estella sobbing silently in her arms. This

ended up stunned for a few seconds. She only regained her composure after Catalina brought Estella upstairs. It's so obvious that Lucian doesn't want Essie to hear

expression turned increasingly grim by the

did you ask Catalina to bring her upstairs? Are you going to hide the truth from Essie forever? You can only keep her in the dark for so long. Don't you think once Essie grows up she's going to find out that the

headache. "As I said, there must be some